Access to Laboratories and Potentially Hazardous Areas

Definition: It is the policy of California State University San Marcos to restrict access to its laboratories and other potentially hazardous areas. Certain minors and members of the public, who are not Cal State San Marcos students currently enrolled in laboratory courses or who are not laboratory assistants, may be permitted in campus facilities for scheduled events, carefully supervised tours, and educational outreach programs. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) restricts the amount of radiation exposure that minors may receive, and because there is a wide variety of chemical and biological hazards associated with laboratory work, it is necessary for the campus to establish guidelines for the appropriate supervision of visitors, student employees and volunteers in laboratories or other potentially hazardous areas. As with all other policies affecting the use of laboratories and/or areas of potential hazard, enforcement of this policy is the responsibility of the supervisor or otherwise designated campus employee of the laboratory space or potentially hazardous area.

Scope: Applies to all areas of the campus community.

Responsible Division: Finance and Administrative Services

Approval Date: 8/12/2002

Originally Implemented: 8/12/2002

Implementation Date: blank

Revised Date: blank

Policy Status: Active

Authority: Nuclear Regulatory Commission; California Code of Regulations, Title 8, subchapter 7, group 16, §5194; Cal State San Marcos Chemical Hygiene Committee; Cal State San Marcos Dependent Children on Campus Policy; the campus President.

Signature Page: http://www.csusm.edu/fas/Policies&Proc/AccessToLab&HazArea-Pol.pdf

PDF version of the applicable procedure: http://www.csusm.edu/fas/Policies&Proc/AccessToLab&HazArea-Proc.pdf

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